Trump says he will speak with Taiwan’s President
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US President Donald Trump’s openness to a conversation comes after his trip to China last week.
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WASHINGTON – US President Donald Trump said on May 20 that he would speak with Taiwan President Lai Ching-te.
“I’ll speak to him,” Mr Trump told reporters. “I speak to everybody. ...We’ll work on that, the Taiwan problem.”
Mr Trump’s openness to a conversation comes after his trip to China last week, which the US president on May 20 touted as “amazing”.
A conversation between Mr Trump and Mr Lai would be a significant diplomatic development as the US and Taiwanese presidents have not spoken directly since Washington shifted diplomatic recognition to Beijing from Taipei in 1979. REUTERS
